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. >> reporter: and bob bennett, in utah. >> the political atmosphere, obviously, has been toxic. >> reporter: and those are just the primaries. among the long-time incumbents on the endangered list, california senator bharara boxer. >> my opponent wants to go back to the policies that put this economy in debt. >> reporter: polls show boxer in a dead heat with carly fiorina. back in alaska, murkowski outraised her rival, ten to one. >> lisa murkowski, a proven record of defending alaska. >> reporter: many voters, furious with washington, didn't want to hear it. with miller ahead by 1,500 votes, murkowski is hoping that absentee ballots will put her ahead. it could take weeks to get the tinu waiting continues. john hendren in washington, thank you. >>> one more political note to pass on to you this morning. a high-ranking republican now says he's gay. former republican national committee chairman, ken mehlman, managed george bush's 2004 presidential campaign. mehlman says he's coming out because he wants to be an advocate for gay marriage. >>> new jersey governor chris christy says he has resp
. >> reporter: and bob bennett, in utah. >> the political atmosphere, obviously, has been toxic. >> reporter: and those are just the primaries. among the long-time incumbents on the endangered list, california senator bharara boxer. >> my opponent wants to go back to the policies that put this economy in debt. >> reporter: polls show boxer in a dead heat with carly fiorina. back in alaska, murkowski outraised her rival, ten to one. >> lisa murkowski, a proven...
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when a bob bennett gets kicked out as the senator of utah because he's not conservative enough, i just wonder, that type of thing, arlen specter switched parties but he was certainly somewhere in the middle, he's gone. are things going to get better? >> the trends do not suggest they will. each party's getting reder and reder and bluer and bluer and we're now in a situation where a where there's going to be another redistricting happening so the state legislators and governers who are elected this fall will play a role in that. it's already a hyperpartisan process to try and protect incumbents and make sure the districts are more safe. as you point out, the challenge most members face is from the true believers in their own party on either the right or the left. so there's really no incentive, there's no structural incentive to work with members of the other party to get something done. >> lindsay graham, for example. >> he's probably going to pay a big price for his support of he lena kagan eambings nomination of the supreme court. >> how does that change how today's white house condu
when a bob bennett gets kicked out as the senator of utah because he's not conservative enough, i just wonder, that type of thing, arlen specter switched parties but he was certainly somewhere in the middle, he's gone. are things going to get better? >> the trends do not suggest they will. each party's getting reder and reder and bluer and bluer and we're now in a situation where a where there's going to be another redistricting happening so the state legislators and governers who are...
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the other being bob bennett of utah. is this a little bit scary to the establishment types like you? >> not to me. when i was chairman of the rnc, bob, as you mentioned, in the last decade, we never took sides in primaries. we did not endorse incumbents over challengers. i'm the chairman of the republican governors association today. we do not take sides in primaries. here's why. the republicans of alaska have the right and should pick their nominee. they don't need somebody in mississippi to tell them who ought to be the senator of alaska. >> schieffer: debbie wasserman shultz, we had this big rally here yesterday on the anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. i talked to those two candidates that you just heard about it. what's your take on what happened here yesterday? does this suggest that the tea party is a major political force now, because a lot of these folks were members of the tea party. >> well, it certainly is clear that there is a raging battle going on within the republican party for t
the other being bob bennett of utah. is this a little bit scary to the establishment types like you? >> not to me. when i was chairman of the rnc, bob, as you mentioned, in the last decade, we never took sides in primaries. we did not endorse incumbents over challengers. i'm the chairman of the republican governors association today. we do not take sides in primaries. here's why. the republicans of alaska have the right and should pick their nominee. they don't need somebody in...
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just like in utah where the tea party kicked out bob bennett, in both of those states it's very likely a republican will be elected to the senate. it's just going to be a different republican. so what you're going to have is a republican caucus in the senate, that is much more libertarian leaning and might cause all kinds of headaches for mitch mcconnell. but, you know, gwen, in colorado, in kentucky is rand paul going to lose that election? it could be a very limited impact in terms of what party controls washington. >> how about democrats, how uncertain are they? they've certainly -- every right track, wrong track poll we look at, every generic congressional poll we look at shows the democrats are the ones with the uphill race. >> that's right. this environment could hardly be worse for the democrats. and as they look forward, the only things you hear them talking about is the fact that they do have generally some pretty good candidates who have been working hard. these people are not generally, you know, asleep at the switch. they are battle tested and they have a lot more money in
just like in utah where the tea party kicked out bob bennett, in both of those states it's very likely a republican will be elected to the senate. it's just going to be a different republican. so what you're going to have is a republican caucus in the senate, that is much more libertarian leaning and might cause all kinds of headaches for mitch mcconnell. but, you know, gwen, in colorado, in kentucky is rand paul going to lose that election? it could be a very limited impact in terms of what...
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if she loses, murkowski would join utah republican bob bennett and pennsylvania democrat arlen specter as the third senate incumbent to fall this year. four-term arizona republican senator john mccain was able to avoid a similar fate in his primary. the 2008 presidential nominee spent some $21 million on his way to trouncing former congressman j.d. hayworth by 25 points. >> i promise you, i take nothing for granted. i will fight with every ounce of strength and conviction i possess to make the case for my continued service in the senate and the policies and principles i will advocate and defend if i am fortunate enough to be re- elected. >> lehrer: in florida, former health care executive rick scott spent nearly $50 million of his own money to win the republican gubernatorial nomination. he bested state attorney general bill mccollum by four points in a contest dominated by negative attacks from both sides. >> some of you might have noticed that this was a hard- fought race. we've talked a lot about our differences, but tonight it's time to remember those things that bring us together.
if she loses, murkowski would join utah republican bob bennett and pennsylvania democrat arlen specter as the third senate incumbent to fall this year. four-term arizona republican senator john mccain was able to avoid a similar fate in his primary. the 2008 presidential nominee spent some $21 million on his way to trouncing former congressman j.d. hayworth by 25 points. >> i promise you, i take nothing for granted. i will fight with every ounce of strength and conviction i possess to...
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. >> rose: bob bennett lost his primary. >> rose: and mitch mcconnell i think is more and more playing to the more extreme faction of the caucus and toward the tea party movement. all that pressure inside the republican party is pushing the senate... >> rose: against something not because of the merit bus where it comes from. >> so i think it's our political culture. you could change rules, modify the fill buster with cloture vote, but we have such a poisoned political culture. the senate depends more than any of our other institutions on reasonableness because it's unanimous consent. what a crazy idea to have a body where one person can hold everything up. but that's the u.s. senate which means people have to be restrained and right now there's a lot of people incapable of restraint who don't believe enough in their institution to want to restrain themselves. >> rose: does this mean because of this... this is the extreme case. government cannot solve the problems that we would expect to do? >> look what is taking place. every time you come to a difficult issue you create a commission.
. >> rose: bob bennett lost his primary. >> rose: and mitch mcconnell i think is more and more playing to the more extreme faction of the caucus and toward the tea party movement. all that pressure inside the republican party is pushing the senate... >> rose: against something not because of the merit bus where it comes from. >> so i think it's our political culture. you could change rules, modify the fill buster with cloture vote, but we have such a poisoned political...
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we saw it in -- bob bennett is no longer in office because grassroots conservatives kicked him out. >> is it better to be pure than to compromise for victory are you saying? >> well, that's always been my position as a grassroots conservative. that's what the tea party has always tried to say. i was covering the tea party movement before it was called a tea party movement in the days around the stimulus debate when it was getting shoved down the american taxpayers' throat and something unfortunately the mainstream media refused to acknowledge that it was a bottom-up movement that could never have been coordinated by beltway republicans and were tired of a lack of transparency and the trampling over the deliberative process and, of course, obama and the chicago team and the democrat majority have been at the center of that but nobody is immune to that kind of criticism and revolt and that's why these beltway republicans have been under fire. >> given that and you say you take the long-term view. let's jump ahead to 2012. who is the potential republican candidate for 2012 that most embo
we saw it in -- bob bennett is no longer in office because grassroots conservatives kicked him out. >> is it better to be pure than to compromise for victory are you saying? >> well, that's always been my position as a grassroots conservative. that's what the tea party has always tried to say. i was covering the tea party movement before it was called a tea party movement in the days around the stimulus debate when it was getting shoved down the american taxpayers' throat and...
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for michael bennett's case, an appointed senator there is a precedent. the last time an appointed senator ran for his own six-year term and lost was david karnes in 1988 in nebraska and he allowed bob kerry to be seated on election day. that is the the right thick to do and we urge michael bennett if he loses he ought to resign and not vote on a lame duck session. i think we have an opportunity, i talked about it earlier, we have an opportunity to appeal to moderate members of both parties that cheating the process, ov overturning a national election is inappropriate, unacceptable regardless of what you think on the underlaying policy issue and i would encourage you to echo that back to your u.s. senators and house guys. because it is easy to say nancy pelosi has the big majorities, she can force this through in the lame duck. it won't necessarily be that way. it won't necessarily be the case that all of these democrats will be willing to disregard a national election and vote for these things. i think those will be very difficult votes especially the on
for michael bennett's case, an appointed senator there is a precedent. the last time an appointed senator ran for his own six-year term and lost was david karnes in 1988 in nebraska and he allowed bob kerry to be seated on election day. that is the the right thick to do and we urge michael bennett if he loses he ought to resign and not vote on a lame duck session. i think we have an opportunity, i talked about it earlier, we have an opportunity to appeal to moderate members of both parties that...